engine no 6920 undergoes a repaint into Veterans Livery. 26 people using nearly 70 gallons of paint take 120 hours to turn out this fine paint job which represents for the company Norfolk Southern their commitment to hire veterans and to Honour those who serve. They currently employ some 1300 vets. Good work.

time lapse video of the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Pa., and how they worked their magic to create the Veterans Locomotive.

Posted Dec-30-2012 By

Dirty_Houdini

Posted Dec-30-2012 By

thecleaner001

To me, those guys painting that locomotive are heros. I mean, they are great at what they do, and get little to no recognition for it. Challenge a bunch of professional athletes to go against these guys getting a locomotive painted, and we know who would win, but there is no glory for the paint crew.

It is sad that such fine, productive work is so devalued today, due to economic pressure. I bet anything that paint job is done on strict time pressures and douchey customers, just like any otheMore..r business.

How much would it cost us to change our attitude

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"How much can I get for the least money?"

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"How awesome can we do things, so we always have awesome things around?"Less..

oldzy

Posted Dec-31-2012 By

marc1921

@marc1921 yes, you're right marc, the lacquer spraying helps prevent any other paint getting a hold on the baked-on enamel so in theory any other paint can be removed relatively easily at a local depot.

Posted Dec-30-2012 By

fuzzy620

Posted Dec-30-2012 By

psychomike2k1

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Why would you hire veterans? Its more probable that they have health issues, both physical and mental. Its the equivalent of hiring fat people but you dont see a company saying "we hire only fat people". No its not something they do for the veterans its something they do for good publicity.

Posted Dec-31-2012 By

FarkinAye

@FarkinAye People hire them because of tax breaks for those companies. A lot of hiring managers I know try to avoid hiring them just because many are too set in their ways and it just has been a bad experience trying to hire them.

Posted Dec-31-2012 By

chechnya

On the contrary, Veterans are frequently in better shape mentally and physically than people of equal age who have not had to maintain a level of fitness.
In most cases Veterans have a proven ability to follow orders and perform under stress.
Veterans understand hierarchy (chain of command).
Veterans are used to working closely with other people.
Normally Veterans are more mature and experienced.

But you are at least partly right, Publicity does play a role.

Posted Dec-31-2012 By

Hammerogod

Posted Dec-30-2012 By

Talos4

Outstanding, proudly, 4 generations of my father's family worked at the locomotive works in Altoona, building and servicing everything from steam to these huge beasts. We still do build great things in America.